I too cannot wear earrings that are not sterling silver or gold. My ears swell and get sore. A few years ago I had gotten my belly button pierced. I never even thought about the ring. It wasn't silver or gold I guess because I couldn't get it to heal well...

Its pretty bad and only takes 10 minutes for it to start getting red and itchiness to start in.
I'm thinking it must be the nickel but I don't know if regular yellow gold bothers me. It started a while after my daughter was born but I have heard its common and that the...

I can't shop at the cute stores like claire's or the icing because if I wear cheap earrings my ears will react within 30 seconds and I can't wear cheap rings because they turn my finger green. it's the same with cheap necklaces, they turn my neck green.

My ears peel. It's very disgusting. Then they get extremely itchy. Yuck! Not good times.
I've never had trouble w/ a necklace. And of course I turn green w/ fake gold. Wait, it is fake gold that makes you green right? I can't remember.